Bootham Park v Dringhouses June 11th 2006 at Dringhouses

Back Row: Wayne Kenny, Richard Todd, Jamie Case, Wayne McMahon, Tim Wills. Front Row: Nathan Ellison, John Patrick, Pete Mitchell, Jonny Wilkins, Kev Scully

Bootham Park (140) lost to Dringhouses (142-0) by 10 wickets

I called correctly to make it three tosses out of three this season. The pitch looked dry, true and full of runs with barely a hint of moisture underneath. I chose to bat first. Both Tim Wills and Jonny Wilkins fell cheaply to an excellent spell of left-arm bowling from Chris Storey, while John Patrick was bowled by Bibby at the other end. Kev Scully and I then consolidated the innings, putting on a useful partnership of 82 for the fourth wicket, before Scully dragged a wide ball from Sam Lingard back onto his own stumps. Immediately after notching my first fifty of the season, I played all round a straight one from Brendan Walsh and the floodgates opened. Lingard scythed through the rest of the batting, ending with 4 wickets at 7 apiece, with Cole chipping in the final wicket from the only ball he bowled.

Considering the strength of the Dringhouses team, 140 was never really going to be enough. Storey and Crowe duly proved this to be the case as they each got to fifty in depressingly quick time, Crowe retiring to allow Cole to add 17 undefeated runs to his earlier wicket.

All in all a better performance than last week's abysmal display against the Welly, but the result was still the same - a loss by the comprehensive margin of 10 wickets.